I t’s been 50 years since John Schlesinger’s film The Day of the Locust, based on the novel by Nathanael West, predicted “the Burning of Los Angeles.” That was the title o ...

Life's flotsam and jetsam turn up at late 1930's Hollywoodland's door, once more, in this insightful tale of wannabes and desperadoes. Tod Hackett, artist, has inspirations to become noticed until ...